ELS Language Centers

Daiva Berzinskas

Email:daivaberz@gmail.com

 
 

Sequential/ Global

 
 
Text Box: Are You Addressing the Cultural and Individual Learning Styles in Your Classroom??? Addressing individual learning styles of students is particularly important when teaching ESL. Get to know the learning styles of your students by administering this interactive quiz from Edutopia to find out! Learning Styles: Sensory-Intuitive Sequential-Global Visual-Verbal Inductive-Deductive Active-Reflective What’s Your Learning Style?: http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz?gclid=CJ3puZKmgqICFQqbnAodBUlbGQ Text Box: Language Shock and Culture Shock – Are Your Students Afflicted? Moving to a new country and the frustration associated with learning a new language are common for many international students. These types of shock can greatly influence student learning. Know the signs! Language Shock – Frustration learners face when learning a new language. Language shock develops when ELLs feel too pressure to learn the L2 language in too short a period of time. Culture Shock – Emotional reactions to living in a new culture and learning a new language. Know the three stages: 1) Euphoria; 2) Culture Shock; 3) Adaptation. Talk about culture shock in your classroom. Check out this website from eslflow.com for some useful lessons: http://www.eslflow.com/interculturalcommunication.html For more information visit kidshealth.org : http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/culture_shock.html

Sensory\ Intuitive

 

Visual\

Verbal
 

Reflective\ Reflective

 
 

Inductive\ Deductive

 
 
Text Box: ELS students… Where are they from? Gabon Cameroon Saudi Arabia Libya Kuwait Brazil Colombia Venezuela Peru Japan South Korea Vietnam China Taiwan Thailand China Russia Mexico Switzerland France Text Box: What is Learning Style? How learners acquire, retain, and retrieve information. Are you meeting the needs of your students’ individual and cultural learning styles?

 
 

 
 

Active

 

Inductive\ Deductive
 
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